It's a bittersweet transition. After he applied to the major schools in Gainesville, Tampa, and Orlando we started praying for God to direct our path to the right school. Kris was immediately accepted to USF (Tampa) which made us so excited because we have been wanting to move to Tampa forever!! And what timing with my mom finally living there. I was finally going to be close to my family after 13 years!! Then, surprisingly, days later, he got an acceptance letter to UCF (Orlando). This was actually going to be a choice we would have to make. UCF had a lot of advantages over USF that would benefit Kris in his education and career. So, we prayed more and waited for a reply from UF (Gainesville). After a week or 2 of praying individually we had a conversation with each other and we were surprised again to hear that both of us felt like the Lord was saying Orlando. Neither one of us had a desire to move there, but still we felt like God was calling us there. Oh no! What if we actually got into all 3 schools and had to make this choice. How would we be able to hear God's voice over the chaos and roar of our desire to stay in our comfort zone? I started praying that God would not allow Kris to get accepted to UF if we were supposed to go to Orlando. And we started taking steps of faith toward the promptings we both kept feeling, researching homes, schools, etc.
Last Thursday I had a GREAT girls night with my friends! It was so great to be surrounded by people I'd known for 5 plus years and had so much history with. The night ended with me on Cloud 9 - I could have stayed in Gainesville for 5 more years if I needed to. But what I didn't know was that while I was getting all comfy cozy, excited that we might get to stay, Kris was receiving an email, rejecting his admittance to UF. When he told me the next morning, completely elated with the news and excited to go to UCF, I was shocked to hear the news. I waited for him to leave the house before bursting into tears. How was I going to leave my friends and our church... well, the answer came softly but surrounded by peace. God had answered my prayer...our prayers. We were in His will. There is no greater joy than knowing you are in God's will. And for that, I am so excited to be starting this new adventure!
So now, we are praying for several things:
- We can find some great tenants to rent our condo.
- We can find a great house to rent that is affordable and has plenty of room for us and Oliver!
- God will provide us with more grants and scholarships - FREE money would be great since he will not be working (unless of course he gets an internship)
- God will give us direction in knowing what I should do to earn some extra income. I'm considering selling Thirty-One or Premiere Jewelry.
- Direction as to what curriculum I should use and how I should set up school as I attempt to home-school Reagan for Kindergarten in the fall.
- Jesus to stay the center of our family as our lives fill with busyness in this short season of relocation and change!!
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